Detachable button.



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ALBERT JOHNSON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

DETACHABLE BUTTON.

SPECIFICATION forming* part Of Letters Patent N0. 674,006, dated May 14, 1901.

Application filed October 22, 1900. Serial No. 33,893 KNO modelo To @ZZ zu/tfmt t may concern:

Beit known that LALBERT JOHNSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Detachable Buttons, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is the production ot' a strong simple button having means` for readily attaching it to the cloth ot' a garmentand detaching it therefrom, which means is capable of being'secnrely locked when the button is in position and is easily released when it is desirable to remove the button from the garment.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure lis a central section through the button, showing the saine secured to the waistband of a garment, the latter being represented in section. Fig. Z is a rear side view of the button, showing` the same in a locked position. Fig. 3 is a .similar view of the button, showing it unlocked. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the button, its parts being in the position as represented by Fig. 3 looking` in the direction ofthe arrow 4: in said figure. Fig. 5 is section on dotted line 5 5 of Fig. 3, showing the fastening-pin open upon its hinge-support. Fig. 6 is a section on dotted line 6 G of Fig. 2, showing the fastening-pin closed'and locked. Fig. 7 is a section on dotted line 7 7 of Fig. 6, showing the keeper for the free ends ot' the fastening-pin, said pin being removed from the keeper.

Like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts th ronghoutthe several views.

In the production of a button embodying this invention I provide a body portion A of a generally circular outline, ordinarily formed bystamping it with suitable dies from sheet metal. One sidel of the body portion Iorlns the face A of the button. The body portion A is provided with a rearwardly-extendinir overturned portion A2 which e011-,

stitutes the keeper for the free ends of the fastening-pin, to be later described. One end ot' said keeper is closed at A4, as said pin is intended to enter from one side and be withdrawn from the saine side of the keeper, and in its upper side said keeperis provided with a depression A3 for receiving one of the points ot' said pin and locking said button in a closed position.

A mem ber B, circular' in its general outline, is pivotally secured by means of the rivet B to the body portion A of the button, said pivotal bearing` being at or near the center of said body portion A rIhe pivotal member B, like the body portion A, is stamped from a sheet of metal and is provided with the integral strap B2, formed with the loop B3 near the periphery of said pivotal member B and extending across the center of said member. This strap B2 has a suitable opening for receiving the pivotal rivet B, and recesses B4 and B5 are formed in the edge of said pivotal member B opposite the side to which said loop B3 is attached, which recesses are intended to receive the points of the attachingpin, to be neXtdescribed. Acurved two-part fastening-pin C is hinged to said member B, the middle portion C'ot said curved pin passing through the loop B3. The pin C has two pointed ends C2 and C3 and is formed so that the point C3 normally stands slightly above the point C2 and so that when the latter point is in contact with the body portion A the point C is raised slightly from said body portion. It will thus be seen that when said pin is within the keeper A2 the point C3 will engage the depression A3 and hold said member B and the fastening-pin C t'rom accidental rotation with reference to the body por-` tion A.

In practice the button is secured to the garment by inserting the points C2 and CS of the pin C through the cloth and back again, clos ing said pin upon its hinge-bearing, so that its points C2 and Cs lie in contact with the rear side of the body portion A, and by rotating said body portion on the pivot B until the points C2 and C3 lie within the keeper A2 and the point C3 in engagement with the depression A3 in said keeper. "lo detach the button, the point C3 is depressed from engagement with the depression A3 and the body portion of the button rotated to remove said points from said keeper. When withdrawn from the keeper, the pin C is free to open upon its hinge connect-ion and be withdrawn from the fabric.

I claim as my invention- 1. In a detachable button,in combination, a body portion; a member having a pivotal connection with said body portion; a fastening-pin hinged on said pivotal member; and

means on Said body portion for securing the free end of said fastening-pin.

2. In a detachable button, in combination, a body portion having a keeper; a member having a pivotal connection With said body portion; and a fastening-pin hinged on said pivoted member, the free end of said fastening-pin being adapted to engage said keeper.

3. In a detachable button, in combination, a body portion having a keeper, said keeper havinga depression; a member having a pivotal connection With said body portion; andA a two-part fastening-pin hinged on said pivoted member, the free end of said fasteningpin being adapted to engage said keeper, and one of the points of said two-'part pin to enter the depression in the keeper, to look said pin in engagement therewith.

4. In a detachable button, in combination, a body portion having a keeper; a member having a pivotal Connection With said body portion; a strap formed integral with said pivotal member; a loop formed by said strap; and a fastening-pin hinged in said loop, the free end of said fastening-pin being adapted to engage said keeper.

5. In a detachable button, in combination, a body portion having a keeper; a member having a pivotal Connection with said body portion; astrap formed integral With said pivotal member; aloop formed by said strap; and

a two-part fastening-pin extending through said loop,and being thereby hinged to said pivotal member, the free end of said fastening-pin being adapted to engage said keeper.

6. In a detachable button, in combination, a body portion having a keeper with a depression therein; a member havinga pivotal oonneotion with said body portion; a strap formed integral With said pivotal member; a loop in said stra-p; and a two-part fastening-pin extending throngh said loop, and thereby having a hinge connection with said pivotal member, one point of said pin being raised to engage said depression, and to loek said pin with relation to said body portion.

7. In a detachable button, in combination, a body portion having a keeper formed integral therewith; a member having a pivotal connection with said body port-ion; a strap formed integral with said pivotal member, and bent to form a loop; a rivet for securing said strap to the faee ot' said pivotal member, and for forming the pivot for the latter; and a two-part pin extending through said loop, and thereby having a hinge connection with said pivotal mem ber, the points of said twopart pin being adapted to engage said keeper.

ALBERT JOHNSON.

Witnesses:

OSCAR F. JOHNSON, L. L. MILLER. 

